Jantzen Bridges would describe her
entry into the consulting profession as
“accidentally by design.” She was recruited by a Big 4 firm at an on-cam-pus recruiting event and was immediately attracted to the described pace of
consulting, the dynamic nature of ever-changing clients and business challenges, working with different teams of
people, and being close to technology
and innovation, she says.

“I am most motivated by the interactions I get to have with our Slalom
consultants, our clients, and our partners. I really enjoy fostering those
connections, making the solving of
transformational business challenges
with teams fun, and figuring out a way
to take care of everyone through the
work that we do,” she says.

Jantzen Bridges is a Managing Director at Slalom, where she has spent
the last nine years of her career driving
growth and innovation by building high-performing sales, marketing, customer
engagement, product, and technology
teams. She’s based in Slalom’s Denver office. Bridges has P&L accountability of $20 to $25 million, including
Slalom’s financial services client portfolio; strategic sales in Slalom’s cloud
technology capabilities; strategic alliances; managing key partnerships such
as Salesforce.com and Amazon Web
Services; and leading market integration
with Slalom’s delivery network.

“My greatest professional achieve-ment to date is finding Slalom, a com-pany that is sincerely focused on de-veloping great leaders while drivingimpactful transformation for our clientsand communities,” she says. “I’m en-couraged to be my authentic self everyday while doing great work, and I get tohelp our consultants do the same.”Meanwhile, her greatest personalachievement, she says, is finding an in-credible partner who is her partner in allaspects of life. “One of the most importantdecisions women can make in life is pick-ing the right partner, especially if you’rewanting to balance career and family, andI’m incredibly grateful and proud that Iwas able to find him,” she says.

As far as being named a Women Leader, Bridges says it is an incredibly humbling honor. “I’ve spent a large part of
my career focused on how we can make
a consulting career path really work for
women,” she says. In the past couple of
years, we’ve implemented new programming that has tried to address what we’re
hearing—the needs, fears, motivations,
and critical support intersections—and it
seems to finally be making a difference.”

Consulting: What’sthe best adviceyou’ve ever received?

Bridges: “One of the best pieces of advice/guidance that I’ve received
is something my mother instilled in me at a very young age, which
was that I could do and change anything I put my mind to—no limits.
This is something that guides me every day in how I show up, how I
support the initiatives I care about, and how I advocate for others in
pursuing their passions.”